-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The leaders of Brazil , Russia , India , China and South Africa -- collectively known as the fast-growing BRICS economies -- began arriving Wednesday in New Delhi amid protests from Tibetan groups against the arrival of Chinese President Hu Jintao .

A Tibetan demonstrator who set himself ablaze in protest against Beijing died of his injuries Wednesday , officials at New Delhi 's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital said . Janphel Yeshi , 27 , set himself on fire Monday and was hospitalized with burns to 90 % of his body .

Self-immolation has become a common form of protest for Tibetans who accuse Beijing of repression . More than 30 of them took place in the last year in China , Tibetan advocacy groups say .

Authorities in New Delhi banned protest gatherings around the city 's key government and embassy district where the BRICS summit will be held . Police were also dispatched to Tibetan communities where protests had flared up , police spokesman Rajan Bhagat told CNN .

On Tuesday , police cordoned off some communities and a number of arrests were made , according to Indo-Asian News Service

Many ethnic Tibetans fled Tibet for India with the Dalai Lama in 1959 after a failed uprising .

The BRICS summit on Thursday is expected to focus on greater economic cooperation among the five nations , including the creation of a development bank to fund projects and trade in the developing world -- a move viewed as a way to present an alternative to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank .

President Barack Obama nominated an American to lead the World Bank , despite calls from BRICS for the U.S. to break with tradition and nominate a bank chief from the developing world .

BRIC was created as an acronym by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill to describe the world 's fastest growing markets . Goldman Sachs predicts the economies of Brazil , Russia , India and China collectively could be larger than the G7 by 2027 .

This is the fourth summit of the BRICS heads of states . South Africa was asked to join last year , although many economists -- including O'Neill , who coined the term -- question whether South Africa has the global economic importance of the other four emerging economies .

CNN 's Harmeet Shah Singh contributed to this report

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Protests in Indian among the Tibetan community against Chinese President Hu Jintao

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Hu arriving in New Delhi for Thursdays BRICS summit of fast growing emerging economies

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A Tibetan demonstrator who set himself ablaze in protest against Beijing died Wednesday

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Leaders of Brazil , Russia , India , China and South Africa will meet on economic issues